Remember they make money on you guys that pay them and never do anything which is 90% or more of the people that engage him. these wholesaling type programs are so location specific... you can go to Detroit and wholesale houses in your first 3 hours there... were you and I live.. its very very tough.. there simply is not the  inventory.you may notice the wholesale crowd that boast of success is almost always in areas of the country that are old mid west rust belt cities were there are literally thousands of targets for you to work... 

I would try to find a partner to get your first deal under your belt

Those just getting interested, to those with years under their belt, and all the in-between are welcome.

@James Mitchell You should rent a sander from home depot and sand them yourself and refinish them...prolly $300 total materials including tool rental and 3 days labor...

Residue build up on powered sanders is common.

I don't want to shake hands and my pants fall down because I didn't come to the meeting without a belt!

I would stay away from this type of investment until you have a few under your belt.

My goal is to get a few flips under my belt, and this use to acquire buy and holds.

I am finding that there is something that is currently not present in my tool belt and that is creative financing. eg: sub 2 or Seller financing as well as any others that are out there.

About 2 months ago, I was planning for a my 1-week trip to Pittsburgh-Cleveland-Detroit (the classic rust-belt cities) and I started networking on BiggerPockets to find good turnkey companies/realtors that I can work with locally.